Matthew - Royalty 1

René de Challant, whose holdings ranged from northwestern Italy to the Alps and over the mountains into what is today western Switzerland and eastern France, was an Italian and transregional dynast.……続きを見る

This richly illustrated short, extracted from the official book The Chronicles of Downton Abbey, focuses on the characters individually, examining their motivations, their actions and the inspiratio……続きを見る

This "beautifully written . . . disarmingly impressive" biography sheds light on the peculiar life of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter ( Daily Telegraph , UK). Born on April 14th, 1857, Princess B……続きを見る

"An insightful, short look at the life of an immortal if only sometimes-admirable queen" ( Kirkus Reviews ). "A concise book [with] the confidence of considerable research, well digested and well de……続きを見る

Rome is a subject of endless fascination, and in this new biography of the infamous Empress Livia, Matthew Dennison brings to life a woman long believed to be one of the most feared villainesses of ……続きを見る

¿Siente curiosidad por conocer cómo una joven princesa recorrió su camino hasta convertirse en un símbolo mundial de fuerza y estabilidad? ¿Le gustaría adentrarse en el ilustre reinado de una de las……続きを見る

The story of the twelfth-century rivalry for the throne between the daughter and the nephew of Henry Iーa battle that tore England apart for over a decade. The Anarchy was the first civil war in pos……続きを見る

"Bust[s] some commonly held myths that have built up about Richard III over the centuries, most coming from Shakespeare's famous play . . . eye-opening." ーSarah Bryson, author of La Reine Blanche: ……続きを見る

The murder of the Princes in the Tower is the most famous cold case in British history. Traditionally considered victims of their ruthless uncle, there are other suspects too often and too easily di……続きを見る

Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the last-born – in 1866 – of Victoria and Albert's children, and she would outlive all of her siblings to die as recently as 1……続きを見る

Matthew Dennison's elegant and magisterial biography of Her late Majesty, updated following the death of Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III. 'A worthy and balanced overview of the Qu……続きを見る

'A brilliant study of a brilliant woman' LUCY WORSLEY History has forgotten Caroline of Ansbach, yet in her lifetime she was compared frequently to Elizabeth I and considered by some as ‘the clevere……続きを見る

This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conqu……続きを見る

There have been some truly awful monarchs in British history. How about one who, according to Historian Robert Wilton, psychologically 'barely made it out of infancy, let alone adolescence, and rule……続きを見る

The Windsor family has ruled over Britain and the Commonwealth for over 100 years. They have shown an incredible determination to ensure the survival of their dynasty, and to this day, they are stil……続きを見る

A fresh, witty, accessible life of Queen Victoria. Not since Lytton Strachey has the irony, contradictions and influence of this Queen been treated with such flourish or biographical insight. 'Queen……続きを見る